Jinen Setpal
I’m a PhD student advised by Prof. Chaoyue Liu, researching aspects of optimization theory, intrinsic interpretability, & domain generalization within deep learning.
I like to approach research through rigorous mathematical foundations. Recently, I’ve been developing approaches that encode intuitive biases within the architecture and optimization of deep learning models by leveraging provably faithful interpretability.
Besides deep learning, I enjoy hiking, motor racing, chess, swimming, mountain biking (unfortunately I suck at this one) & really anything that gets my adrenaline pumping.
If your research is along similar lines I’d love to learn about the approaches you’re taking and exchange perspective. Please feel free to reach out – I’m accessible through email and matrix!
Machine Learning Engineer
Jun. 2022 - Aug. 2024
DagsHub
Student Researcher
Jan. 2023 - Aug. 2023
Purdue University
Systems Developer
Sep. 2020 - Jul. 2021
Teachiq AB / exam.net
PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2024 - Present
Purdue University
B.Sc in Data Science, 2021 - 2024
Purdue University
ECE570-AI Teaching Assistant
Aug. 2025 - Dec. 2025
Purdue University
CS390-WAP Course Instructor
Aug. 2022/23 - Dec. 2022/23
Purdue University
STAT190 Teaching Assistant
Feb. 2022 - May. 2022
Purdue University
~1hr long discussions around my favorite research papers
Through my time learning, I’ve met and collaborated with a lot of people passionate about various topics in computer science. Below are a couple of my favourites. If you have a free moment, you should check them out!
Robotics Research, AI Intern @ Persona AI
ML, Algorithms; SWE @ Coinbase
Algorithms Expert; Engineer @ C1 ♫ Programs in C(++) ♫
Literal Genius (Algorithms, Web, Networks)
OS Dev, Embedded Systems Engineer
ML Intern @ Modal; Incoming SWE @ Amazon
CS+ECE @ UW Madison; SWE Intern @ Google
Robotics Research, ML Engineer @ Persona AI
PL PhD @ CMU (NSF GRFP Fellow!)
ML, Crypto; Robotics Engineer @ Persona AI
AI Hardware; GPU Programming @ Tesla
Embedded Systems; SWE @ SpaceX